'...Many of these brilliant funny women use comedy to work through generational trauma, survive the chokehold of cultural assimilation that weighed on their immigrant parents, and make sense of the first-gen struggle.'
As a Dominican-American, I know that Dominicans are inherently funny. Can you talk about humor while growing up in a Dominican household in Los Angeles in the ‘80s and ‘90s, especially with the women in your family?
I want to be proof that we contain multitudes. We are more than what we’ve been allowed to be on television and in film. I want my comedy to humanize us and bring people together through laughter. There is so much diversity within the Afro-Latine community, and there is space for all of us. Let’s celebrate our stories.Photo by Karina Munoz. Mora is wearing a Hause of Curls t-shirt designed by Sherly Tavarez.
I think the takeaway from this is that my family taught me the importance of using comedy in awkward situations to continue finding joy in life.
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